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Performance of Great Britain at the 2001 Federation Cup
Great Britain at the 2001 Federation Cup participated in the tournament from Europe – African Zone and was placed in group 1 along with Belarus, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Israel, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Sweden shocked Great Britain in the opening round robin tie, completing 3-0 victory on clay court at Murcia. This defeat pushed Great Britain on the back foot. In the second round robin tie against Romania, Great Britain’s efforts could not fetch the victory. Romania cruised past Great Britain 2-1. Great Britain’s hopes were demolished when Belarus scratched out a 2-1 victory in the last round robin tie.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Great Britain at the 2001 Federation Cup
Great Britain at the 2001 Federation Cup could not perform up to their standard. It lost all the ties, it played. This type of lackluster performance was certainly unfitting to their calibre and was in poor taste. Their poor show relegated them to the group 2 in 2002 Fed Cup.
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